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Topic: Wildfires (page 3)

Pouncing Saber Tooth (Getty Images/Daniel Eskridge)

Fires drove ancient mass extinctions

Elizabeth Hlavinka
The aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 11, 2023. A wildfire that left Lahaina in charred ruins has killed at least 67 people, authorities said on August 11, making it one of the deadliest disasters in the US state's history. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Maui survivors describe fleeing wildfire

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Maxar satellite imagery showing total destruction of the Lahaina square and outlets after the Lahaina Wildfire, with one building still actively burning. (Satellite image (c) 2023 Maxar Technologies / Getty Images)

Toxins from Maui fires pose health risk

Andrew J. Whelton - The Conversation
A firefighting helicopter douses a wildfire in Nea Anchialos town, Volos, Greece, on July 27, 2023. (Marios Lolos/Xinhua via Getty Images)

The climate connection to wildfires

Matthew Rozsa
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Maxar satellite imagery showing total destruction of the Lahaina square and outlets after the Lahaina Wildfire, with one building still actively burning. (Satellite image (c) 2023 Maxar Technologies / Getty Images)

Maui wildfires strain health care system

Elizabeth Hlavinka
In this image obtained from the County of Maui, a wildfire burns on the island of Maui near an intersection at Hokiokio Place and Lahaina Bypass in Lahaina, Hawaii, August 9, 2023. (Photo courtesy of County of Maui / Zeke Kalua)

Hawaiian fires leave at least six dead

Rae Hodge
Crane Valley Hotshots set a back fire as the York fire burns in the Mojave National Preserve on July 30, 2023. (DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Cali wildfires causing "fire whirls"

Matthew Rozsa
The Toronto skyline is seen covered by smoke from the CN Tower as wildfires in northeastern Ontario and Quebec continue to burn, in Toronto, Canada on June 28, 2023. (Arif Balkan/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Climate change causing wildfires

Matthew Rozsa
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A person looks out at the New York City skyline as it's covered with haze and smoke from Canada wildfires on June 7, 2023 in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Is a smoke-bomb planet our future?

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com
A person looks out at the New York City skyline as it's covered with haze and smoke from Canada wildfires on June 7, 2023 in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

The Canadian wildfire crisis explained

Troy Farah
A layer of pollution can be seen hovering over Los Angeles, California (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

1 in 3 Americans breathe unhealthy air

Akielly Hu - Grist
Firefighters battle the NCAR Fire on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Fires in Colorado get more unpredictable

Jennifer Oldham - ProPublica
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Men up pole working on power lines (Getty Images)

PG&E layoffs could worsen fire season

Blanca Begert - Grist
Firefighters battle the NCAR Fire on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

The cost of wildfires is rising

Jessie Blaeser - Grist
A tree stump is engulfed in flames in the Bravo Bravo section of the Bootleg Fire on July 21, 2021 in the Fremont National Forest of Oregon. The Bootleg Fire, which started on July 6th near Beatty, Oregon, has burned over 395,000 acres and is currently 38% contained. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

Ore. residents agog at wildfire warning

Jake Bittle - Grist
Smoke from Southern California wildfires drifts through the L.A. Basin, obscuring downtown skyscrapers in a view from a closed Griffith Observatory on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Calif. kids cope with wildfire trauma

Heidi De Marco - KFF Health News
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A flame burns a tree during a forest fire in Cebreros on July 18, 2022 in Avila, Spain. Wildfires have broken out across Spain and southern Europe amid a severe heatwave. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

Europe engulfed by heat, wildfires

Matthew Rozsa
Record high temperatures were recorded across Western Europe on Thursday. (Copernicus Emergency Management Service)

Historic heatwave leaves over 1,000 dead

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
Firefighters battle the NCAR Fire on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Colorado wildfire burns through the snow

Eric Schank
A kangaroo escapes the fire as the fire front approaches a property on November 15, 2019 in Colo Heights, Australia. (Brett Hemmings/Getty Images)

2020 fires punched hole in ozone layer

Matthew Rozsa
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Cal firefighter Travis Moore lights a backfire along highway 50 as the Caldor Fire burns near Lake Tahoe, CA on Tuesday August 31, 2021. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Climate change spurs 50% more wildfires

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
In an aerial view, the remains of homes and businesses that were destroyed by the Dixie Fire are visible on September 24, 2021 in Greenville, California. The Dixie Fire has burned nearly 1 million acres in five Northern California counties over a two month period. The destructive fire is the second largest fire in state history and has destroyed hundreds of structures. It is currently 94 percent contained. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Climate change wiped out my town

Jane Braxton Little - TomDispatch.com
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Toxic tides in California

Adam Mahoney - Grist
Cal firefighter Travis Moore lights a backfire along highway 50 as the Caldor Fire burns near Lake Tahoe, CA on Tuesday August 31, 2021. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Scrublands are replacing western forests

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
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